Vehicle-signal device.



M. 1. cLAus-EN.

VEHICLE SIGNAL DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23. 1918.

1,298,894. Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

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VEHICLE-SIGNAL DEVICE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Apr. 1, 33 19.

Application filed April 23, 1918. Serial No. 230,212.

To "all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, MARTIN J. CLnUsEN, citizen of the United States, residing at I Seattle, in the county of King and State of "pal object to provide an improved and novel manually operated signal for indicating the direction in which the vehicle intends to turng ina device of the class described to provide means for automatically lighting the interior of the device at a predetermined time. 'Another' object of my device is to provide spring means for frictionally holding the devicein any position set. The desirability of some form of signaling device for indicating the direction in which the vehicle wishes to turn at a street intersection is very well understood. Applicant has devised a simple and novel manually operated means for giving the desired signal and one which will work equally well ineither the day time or night as means for lighting the device is provided. I

Other objects will appear as my invention is more fully explained in the following specification, illustrated in the accompany ing drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figurel is a sectional elevation of applicants' device shown attached to a fragment of'a vehicle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of applicants device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional elevation of applicants device showing the automatic switch Referring more particularly to the drawings numeral 1 indicates a fragment of the dash board of a vehicle upon the side of which applicants device is mounted by means of a bracket 2. The device itself consists of a rectangular and tubular outer casing 3 within which an indicator box t is slidably mounted. As shownin thedrawings the indicator box is in' extended and operable position.- Integral with the top and sion members 5 whichpass back through the casing 3 and terminate i'n-a handle beyond the opposite end ,of'the casing. The inherent spring of the members 5 cause them to bear against the inner faces of the top and bottom of the casing with the result that they hold the signal box frictionally in any predetermined position.

"one of the members 5-limits the outward movement of the signal box with respect to the caslng. The signal box maybe with- -drawn within the casing by grasping the handle 6 and drawing it to the right which telescopes the box within the casing. .The front and rear sides of signal box 4 are each provided witha transparent arrow 8 and a painted'arrow 9 both of which point in the same direction. The transparent. arrow is for night use while the painted arrow is for 'day use. An illuminating light 10 is mounted within the signal box l intermediate the The limit stop 7 on transparent arrow so that at night the arrow is illuminated. It will be understood that when the signal is in'the position shown in Fig. 1 it indicates that the vehicle intends turning to the left'and because of the arrow showing on both sides of the device the inparent to both those in front and behind the The automatic tentions of the vehicle operator will be apvehicle. In order to obviate the necessity of contact 11 and spring switch 12 are in coiiperation-a continuous circuit'ls formed .tothe lamp. One of the wires 13 for the lamp passes up through the outer end of one ofv the members 5 and thence directly to the lamp while the other Wire 14tpasses on the outside of the casing 3 to the contact 11. It will be understoodthat when the signal box is withdrawn within the casing that the light is no longer connected and is therefore not lighted and further it is lighted only when in the extended position.

While I have shown: a particular form of embodiment of my 'mygntmn, I am .aware that many minor changes therein will readmy suggest themselves to others skilled inthe art without departing from-the spi i and scope of the invention, and. therefore 1 desire to avoid being limited to theexaot hollow signalcasing mounted to slide within the fixed horizontal casing closed at its outer end, a pair of oppositely resilient arms ex tending from the inner end of the signal casing and engaging the inner Walls of the fixed casing and pro ecting beyond the inner the' 'resilient arms, a stop on one of the arms to limit the outward movement of the signal casing, the signal casing having a signal indi'cated on its outer surface, the tension oil the resilient arms serving to hold the signal casing projected from the outer end of the fixed casing 101' retracted therein, When moved b the handle. q I

. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence ofa Witness. MARTIN J. CLAUSEN.

Witness: IvAlv L. HYLAND I 7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents eacli, by addressing the fl emmissioner of Et nne I I Washington, D, Q," I p 

